Helps for Ministers' Wives

Ministers’ Wives’ Luncheon at the 2010 Southern Baptist Convention
Register here, today, to attend the 2010 SBC Ministers’ Wives’ Luncheon at the 2010 Southern Baptist Convention. Hear from featured speaker, Jackie Kendall, on mentoring, ministry and marriages. More information about this event will be available at  http://www.lifeway.com/event/?id=367.

Between Us Ministers' Wives
Between Us is an event created specifically for the unique needs and challenges of ministers’ wives. Be inspired and get equipped for your role as you learn from and mingle with other ministers’ wives who can speak into the pressures related to being a woman in ministry. You’ll leave knowing that you’ve been empowered to continue the incredible journey to which God has called your family. Each Between Us Conference is conveniently held the Thursday and Friday before a Living Proof Live Event so you can benefit from both! Read more at http://www.lifeway.com/event/?id=254.

As a women's leader, you are probably well aware of the unique needs that ministers' wives have. In fact, you may wear both of those hats at your church! Whatever the case, we've got some online resources for the minister's wife that we hope will help you. 

In Our Shoes

Online Community
Ministers' wives are gathering online to discuss their unique thoughts, joys and struggles with each other.

Leighann McCoy shares: When I first read the words Online Community my thoughts were, “will this work?” When I was invited to Lifeway to learn how to be a moderator for their online ministers’ wives community I’d never even posted a prayer request on my church’s site, much less joined any kind of online discussion group. For goodness sake, I still pay my bills with paper checks, envelopes and stamps! What was I doing on an online community?

But, I liked the idea. I may not know what she looks like, where she lives or how many attended Sunday School at her church last Sunday—but she will never tell sister so and so that I said that. She may have actually “been there and done that before and know how I feel.”

I love these women! They gather from all over the world to participate in the 21st century version of sharing a cup of tea (sweet, of course—with a slice of lemon) on the front porch swing. Read more in Sharing a Cup of Tea in the Ministers’ Wives Community.

First-ever, Full Event Video Download

Focusing on the challenges faced by wives whose husbands have been called to ministry, Beth Moore shares a powerful message to encourage all women in ministry in her latest release Living Proof Live with Beth Moore for Ministers Wives: 6 Little Words with the Power to Change Your Life. Life can be messy and frustrating. Ministry is hard. Beth highlights healthy alternatives to some of the aggravations that arise when seasons of misery visit ministry. Poignant, funny and at times raw, Beth leads women to a place where they can be ‘tended’ to by Jesus. Any woman managing a busy life will find valuable insight and spiritual renewal from the teaching in this powerful event. Read more about Living Proof Live with Beth Moore for Ministers Wives: 6 Little Words with the Power to Change Your Life.

SBC Ministers Wives Website: Contagious Joy

Contagious Joy is a website dedicated to Southern Baptist Ministers Wives. It is their goal to connect and network every single Southern Baptist Minister's Wife who would desire to be connected with other women in the SBC serving God. We are living in a day of great extremes in ministry. We see many victories but with those victories especially in the American church we are seeing great strife and overwhelming turmoil resulting in feelings of disillusionment, discouragement, and defeat. Read more about this SBC Ministers Wives Website.